groove vs vallecula what difference
what is difference between groove and vallecula
English
Etymology
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹuːv/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹuv/
- Rhymes: -uːv
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
- A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- Antonym: ridge
- A fixed routine.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
- (mining) A shaft or excavation.
- (motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit’s surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)
Derived terms
- get one’s groove on
- groove fricative
- grooveless
- groovelike
- groovework
- groovy
- tongue and groove
Translations
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
- (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
- I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.
Derived terms
- grooved
- groover
- ungrooved
Translations
Anagrams
- go over, overgo
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁuv/
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (fixed routine)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (music style)
English
Etymology
1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/, /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə
Noun
vallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas)
- (anatomy, botany) A depression, channel or groove.
Derived terms
- vallecular
- valleculate
References
- “vallecula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “vallecula”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “vallecula”, in Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Saunders, 2004
Anagrams
- call value
Latin
Etymology
From vallēs (“a valley, vale”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯alˈle.ku.la/, [u̯älˈlʲɛkʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /valˈle.ku.la/, [vɑlˈlɛːkulɑ]
Noun
vallecula f (genitive valleculae); first declension
- Diminutive of vallēs: Late Latin form of vallicula.
Descendants
- → English: vallecula
References
- vallicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press